The Daily Friday, March 24, 2017

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Consumer Price Index, February 2017

The Consumer Price Index rose 2.0% on a year-over-year basis in February, following a 2.1% increase in January. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the Consumer Price Index was down 0.2% in February, following a 0.7% gain in January.

Quarterly data for Government Finance Statistics (GFS), a system that presents fiscal statistics using the international standard GFS developed by the International Monetary Fund, are now available. This standard allows consistent aggregation and analysis between participating countries.

Natural gas transmission pipelines received 566.0 million gigajoules of natural gas from fields, gathering systems and plants in January, up 6.0% compared with January 2016. Seven provinces posted receipts, with Alberta (69.0%) and British Columbia (28.0%) holding the vast majority.